In The Truth About You, Marcus Buckingham seeks to provide tips on how to achieve success in your professional life. He breaks it down into five steps, five pieces of advice he wished he had and calls the best advice you’ll ever get. Performance is always the point Your strengths aren’t what you’re good at, and your [...]
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As I bring this series to a conclusion, I want to make one final statement. First though, let’s look back at the five things we talked about. Just sing! Put some heart into it! Don’t draw attention to yourself! Keep together! Glorify Him! To put it simply, I don’t care what you do. You can [...]
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Above all, sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing Him more than yourself or any other creature. In order to this, attend strictly to the sense of what you sing; and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; [...]
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Frederick Fyvie Bruce, more commonly called F.F. Bruce, was a highly respected theologian and frequent author, penning more than thirty-three books and serving as editor for some theological journals. He was the Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester. Bruce was known as a distinguished scholar on the life of [...]
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Bibliographical Entry Reid, Alvin L. The Radically Unchurched. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2002. Author Information Alvin L. Reid is currently the Professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He received his M.Div and Ph.D from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, majoring in evangelism. Reid is a prolific [...]
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Bibliographical Entry Thompson Jr., W. Oscar. Concentric Circles of Concern: Seven Stages for Making Disciples. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999. Author Information W. Oscar Thompson pastored in various churches for 20 years becoming a faculty member at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas. He specialized in the study of evangelism. During [...]
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Bibliographical Entry Fay, William. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 1999. Author Information William (Bill) Fay provides his own background story in Appendix 5 to his book. He recounts his testimony of how he came to be a Christian out of a life of money, greed, gambling, and selfishness. He was raised into [...]
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(This was a book critique I wrote for my Systematic Theology II class at LBTS. Buy it here: Four Views on Hell) I. Introduction Four Views on Hell presents, as the title suggests, four different theological viewpoints on the existence of hell. Each author discusses their unique conclusion as to the existence and definition of [...]
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Sing in time. Whatever time is sung, be sure to keep with it. Do not run before, nor stay behind it; but attend closely to the leading voices, and move therewith as exactly as you can. And take care you sing not too slow. this drawling way naturally steals on all who are lazy; and [...]
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I wish I could take credit for this but I can’t. It flows right into what I’ve been writing about in the Call to Worship series. I will sing if for no other reason than to honor the Scriptural exhortation to sing; singing in worship is a spiritual enterprise, not a musical exercise. I will [...]
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